I always think it’s bold when people say ALL millennials are a certain type of way. For instance, Carr basically makes the statement that technology has decreases out attention span. This is true for me because I do find that I cannot focus on things for long periods of time, but I don’t like that people generalize the assumptions to the younger generation. I feel like adults are the same way and have become just as absorbed into the speed and easy access to information as the youth.

I’m not denying that Carr is right when he says that there is a decline in the ability to pay attention, but I don’t think it’s as black and white as people like to make it to be. I know for me, it all depends on what i’m focusing on. I can spend long amounts of time focusing on something I care about, but have a tremendously hard time focusing on things I do not care about. But then I think of that the professor said in class about hard work always being hard. Engaging in a book today is probably just as hard as it was before we had access to all this technology.

I guess the question I raise is why does it matter? why does it matter how we gain information? I am a big fan of working smarter, not necessarily harder. Why does it matter if we look it up on sparknotes or read reviews rather than if we read the book? If we are both getting the same information, why does it matter how we go about it? I mean, I can see a downside to everything being so constant and quick, is that I don’t even realize that i’m scrolling on twitter until I remember that I was suppose to be reading or writing a paper. I am mindlessly doing things, which doesn’t necessarily sit right with me.